JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICAN
Thursday, March 15, 1849.
The Cabinet.
The following is the Cabinet of President Tay
lor :
"Mr. Clayton, Secretary of Stale.
Mr. Meredith. " Treasury.
'Mr. Ewing, " Home Department.
Mr. Crawford, " " War.
Mr. Preston, " Navy.
Mr. Jacob Collamer, Vermont, Postmaster Gen'al
Mr. Reverdy Johnson, Attorney General.
The nominations have been confamed by the
Senate. The new Administration is now organ
i'ed. The Cabinet is a good one, and, so far as
we have been able to judge, it is commendably
spoken of by the press.
Mr. Clay's Letter on Emancipation in Kentucky,
has at last made its appearance. He takes de
cided grounds in favor of gradual-emancipation,
and depicts in forcible colors, the evils likely to
ensue; if Kentucky does not adopt the measures
he suggests.
f" The Hon. John Blanchard, a member of
"the last Congress, died at Harrisburg, on Friday
last, the 9th inst., while on his way homo from
Washington. "He represented the Seventeenth
Congressional district.
" 'Radishes, cabbages, lettuce, green-peas, turnips
beats, beans, carrots, and all kinds of vegetables
were in the market at St. Augustine, Fla., on the
23d ult.
High Price for Cork Eighty dollars were
paid for four barrels of green corn and peas re
ceived by the steamer Crescent City from Cha-
eress, and sent direct to Washinoton. Quite a
tall price for vegetables.
Except from two towns, all the returns have
been received from the special election held on
the 5th inst., for a Representative in Congress
from the fourth district of Massachusetts. No
choice has Been effeced. Mr. Palfrey, who at
the last trial wanted eighty-seven votes of an eloc
tion, now lacks about six hundred.
President for -a Day. The Hon. David R.
Atchison, of Missouri, President of the Senate,
was on the 4th inst., by virtue of his office, Pres
ident of the United States for one day i
From Washington.
March 10, 1849.
Gen. Shields. The Sefect Committee Messrs.
Benton, chairman, Felch, Mason, Webster, and
Pearce have unanimously agreed to report that
Gen. Shields has no right to a seat in the Senate.
Appointments, Nominations, dc. Edward W.
McGatighey, of Indiana, formerly a member of
Congress, is appointed Goyernor of Minesota, Mr.
C. K. Smith, of Ohio, Secretary, and Mr. Wash
burn, of Galena, Judge. The Marshal and Dis
trict Attorney will be appointed from the Territo
ry. Bailie Peyton, of Louisiana, is talked of as Min
ister to Mexico ; Dr. Thomas M. Foote, of the
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, for Constantino
ple. Ex-Governor John Gayle, late M. C. of Ala
bama, is mentioned for Circuit Judge, in place of
Wm. Crawford, deceased.
Thomas L. Smith, formerly Register of the li
nked States Treasury Department, has been re
appointed, in place of Mr. Graham.
It is expected that nominations will be imme
diately made of Ministers to Chili, Spain, and Rus
sia, and of a charge to Sweden. Mr. Pendleton,
of Virginia, it is said, will have the Chilian Mis
sion. Reverdy Johnson acts as Secretary of War un
til Judge Crawford comes.
An order has been issued by Secretary Mere
dith to ascertain who was jemoved and who ap
pointed under the administration of Mr. Polk; also
the reasons for removal.
Gen. Taylor and hi3 daughter, Mrs. Bliss, re
ceived the officers of the army in full uniform on
Saturday, besides crowds of persons of both sexes.
Reported Appointments. Egbert Benson, Esq.,
for Surveyor of the Port of N. Y.
Hon. Charles Hudson, late M. C, Naval Officer
of the Port of Boston.
Hon. Charles B. Penrose of Pennsylvania, for
Assistant-Secretary of the Treasury.
Assistant-Postmaster General. It is report
ed that Fitz Henry Warren, of Iowa, who was
one of the Taylor Presidential Electors, has been
appointed Second Assistant-Postmaster-General
Second Auditor of the Treasury. Hon. Jas
per E. Bradley, late member of Congress from
ihe XVIth District of Penneylvania, it is said, has
been appointed Second Auditor of the Treasury
Department, in the place of Gen. John M.McCal
ia of JLcntuky.
,Gold in Pennsylvania A gold placer' has
,been,discovered on teyJsh mountain, two miles
east of, New Holland. Persons disposed ,to try
their hands at.digging.can have a chance; as the
owner of the-land offers ii for sale:
t Proscription.'
In tho course of a very few weeks, we may ex
pect to hear the hovvjs of the Locofoco press over
the " proscription" of the Whigs. After having
held an almost undisturbed tenure of office for
some twenty years, the idea that the Whigs will
claim their share of the honors and emoluments
of government, will throw them into a perfect con
vulsion of ra'ge. This matfer is so well put in the
editorial columns of the Express of last week,
that we cannot forbear copying it in full.
As the President elect wends his way to Wash
ington, speculation increases in its anxiety to learn
what will be his measures and his policy. That
anxiety will soon be in part, if it is not already,
assuaged by the now pretty well ascertained fact,
that the members of the Cabinet will be Whig,
and pure Whig. Starting from such a point, none
can doubt that his policy will be Whig Whig, as
understood by the Fathers of the Republic, and as
set forth in the celebrated Allison letters. An ad
ministration established upon such principles,
must in the main, be satisfactory" to the Whig par
ty of the Union, and will no doubt, command its
cheerful support. But there yet remains a matter
of great embarrassment to be settled and that is,
what will Gen. Taylor do with the offices of hon
or and emolument in the Union ! None of us are
able to speak officially or semi-officially upon this
interesting topic ; but all of us have our views
we shall take the liberty to express ours.
The Whigs, since 1828, have been a proscribed
party. Ihey have, from the advent of Gen. Jack
son's administration, been hunfed down and driven
out of place, not only as if they were enemies of
their country, but as if they were infidels or dogs,
too miserable for their, country to hold. In 1840
they succeeded in obtaining power, but the recre
ancy of Tyler robbed them of all the honors and
emoluments to which they were entitled ; and
thus for twenty years, full one half of the people
of this country have been hunted out of office, and
run down by the other half, with an utter indiffer
ence to their claims, rights, and priviledges as free
men, living under a free government. Now, it is
not to be expected that such a state of proscrip
tion will be continued, or is to be endured, or that
Gen. Taylor will not change it at all, as soon as
there can be a change with .reason and decorum.
We do not wish nor believe that Gen. Taylot's
will be a pjoscriptive administration ; but we do
believe that he will restore to full one half of the
people their lost rights, and take them from under
the ban of excommunication which power has laid
upon them for the last twenty years.
Twenty years of proscription is the proscription
of a whole generation of men, and yet under this
proscription this generation have lived ! We have
seen, and seen with a necessary submission, the
injustice inflicted upon us of taking incapable men
or missions, or high places at 4iome, when the
country was full of Whigs every vray qualified to
fill the vacancies happening or created and yet
excluded or proscribed only because they were
Whigs. No matter, indeed, how humble the place,
be it even the sweeper of the offices of the Custom
House, no Whig could hold it ; not that he was
not honest or capable, but solely because he was
Whig. From such a state of things, we are,
of course, as much emancipated now, by the elec
tion of General Taylor, as were the Roman slaves
when emancipated by their masters. If'not free-A
men yet, we were freed men the moment we threw
off the proscriptive yoke, and we but wait now
or his arrival and settlement in Washington to
be the freemen who have their share of the hon
ors and emoluments of a great Republic like this.
A howl, a general howl, and a howl inprofundis-
simo as well as altissimo, is to be expected, of
course, whenever Gen. Taylor or his administra
tion sees fit to turn out any twenty-year-proscrib-ing
office-holder, and to put in any twenty-year-proscribed
Whig. " Ppuscription will a word
concerted, pitched on the highest note and run
down to the lowest, dwelt upon in a momentous
and monotonous drawl, and tripped over flightily
in a hurried demirsemiquaver. We must expect
all this. We must accustom our ears to it. A
half a million of our Locofoco brethren, who have
been fattening for twenty years, solemnly believe
that they have a life lease for office, and that we
are bound to be their serfs as long as we all live;
and the very first effort we make to dispel this il
lusion, they will roar and rant and scream and
yell as if Beelzebub was let loose, with the whole
of his interesting court and train.
What we Whigs, however, expect from Gen. ,
Taylor is not Proscription, then, but Justice
not Removals so much as Restorations. We'
feel, we who pay taxes and support and serve the
Government, that we have a right to our share of
its honors and profits. Moderation and dignity
we hope to see guide the Ship of State but Jus
tice we hope to see at the helm.
Ingenuity of Policemen.
Some bold and successful burglars in New York,
who have recently been committing several heavy
robberies, were arrested a few days since, through
a very ingenious device. A large button which
had been torn off one of the burglar's coats was
placed in the hands of a policeman, together with
some fancy suspenders, from among which a pair
had been taken. With these clews he repaired to
the pit of the Chathem theatre, where, in the courseJ
of the evening, he observed two flashy customers,
one of whom anxious for display, threw open Jiis
coat and vest to show his pretty suspenders,
which proved to be of the stolen kind. On ex-
amining ihjs worthy's overcoat, it was found that
the lost-button matched all on it except one, and
inai mis was an odd one; I he two men were
tracked home, arrested the nel dayv'and most' of
the -stolen property recoved. . "
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The Cholera, again in New York.
The New York Courier and Enquirer of Thurs
day a week says :
" That we are to have another and speedy visir
tation of this' dreaded scorge, there is now great
room to fear. Our ship news collect or reported
on Tuesday night, the arrival of the ship. Liver
pool, Capt. Eldridge, from Liverpool, having lost
some forty passengers at sea by sickness, supposed
to be cholera, and having many on board still sick.
The ship was officially visited by Dr. Whiting,
the health officer, and there is now no doubt that
the cholera was and is on board that vessel.-
We saw the letter of the surgeotf of the ship, Dr.
O'Lowd, describing briefly the symptoms of each
case, and in nearly all there were the scramps,
purging,and vomiting, terminating in speedy death.
The first sickness broke out on the 13th of Feb
ruary and out of fifty persons who sickened, forty
died and were buried at sea. There are on board
some eighteen or twenty of the passengers sick,
and among them eight or nine cases of cholera.
The captain, crew, and all the passengers are or
dered to remain, on board the vessel, for Dr. v hit
inf has not accomodations even for the sick at the
O
hospital. Their condition then may be better im
agined than described. There are about four hun
dred on board, all of course, sick and well, con
confined below; and if the disease does not spread,
it will not be for want of opportunity. Hard as
may appear the necessity of keeping the passen
gers on board, there is no possible help for it.
There are now eleven hundred patients in ;the
Quarantine Hospital, and so cramped are they for
room that in some cases the patients are lying
two m a bed."
The Nev from Europe.
We received, on Saturday", our foreign papers
by the America, but find in them little to add to
the fall synopsis received by telegraph on Thurs
day night. We give place, however, to some few
extracts-of interest, beyond these the prominent
features of the news may be stated in a few words.
The British Parliament has been appointed .to in
quire into the inland fisheries and navigation of
Ireland. Lord John Russell has corried his meas
ure to remove the Jewish disabilities, so that a
Jew can hold a seat in Parliament. The meas
ure passed the House of Commons by sl vote of
214 to 1 11, amid loud cheers-. A bill to continue
for a time, the suspension of the habeas corpus
act in Ireland, has passed the House of Commons
by a very large vote, and it is sure to pass the
House of Lords. A bill to grant 50,000 for re
lief in Ireland, has also passed. The present and
prospective state of Ireland appears to occupy
mucn ot tne puouc attention, uunng me aeoaie
m Parliament most ot the speakers contended iatrag a reme(jy jn disease :
unless the people of that country themselves puf
their hands to the work, their distresses wourI
never end. The people cf England, borne dovjf n
themselves by taxation and poor rates, begiry to
grumble loudly against these annual appropriations
for relief to Ireland. But while these discussions
are going on, the people of Ireland appear to be
sinking lower and lower in the scale of poverty.
The heart of the nation appears to be broken.
The jails and poor houses are constantly filling
up, and unless some mode be contrived to arouse
the people to exert themselves, suffering of the
most dreadful character appears to be inevitable.
Reports of starvation are to be found in all the
local newspapers. Emigration continues active ;
stocks of provisions are being plundered ; Catho
lic chapels are being closed, and the poorer cler
gy of the church are suffering very greatly. Mr.
Duffy's trial has commenced. Mr. Meagher ap
peared as an evidence, and he was loudly applaud
ed as were some of the remarks of Mr. Duffy's
counsel, even by a part of the jury.
The National Assemhly of France has voted its
own dissolution, and public confidence seems to
increase in Louis Napoleon. On the 19th, he
gave a great ball, at which none but the very elite
were present. The same day he reviewed in the
Champ de Mars, the several regiments of the 1st
military division, embracing upwards of twenty
battalions of infantry, and nine squadrons of cav
alry, and was loudly cheered, Gen. Cavaignac
had been charged by the Union with endeavoring
to seduce, a part of the army of Paris from their
duty, and had come forward in the tribune of the
National Assembly, to inquire from the Minister
of the Interior and Gen. Changarnier, if anything
had come to their knowledge relative to the accu
sation. M. Leon Faucher, as well as Gen. Chan
gamier, disclaimed all knowledge of it, and Gen.
Cavaignac expressed himself satisfied. There
was great excitement in Lyons among the Social
ists, and an outbreak was feared, notwithstanding
prompt military measures had been resorted too.
There appears to be no republicanism in France
beyond the mere name.
Dr. Weisselhoff alias J.. S. Hanson. A pre
tended " highly important work," entitled Child
Birth, or the Matrimonial Secret," purporting to be
from the pen of R. M. Weisselhoff M. D , of
New-York, has now been advertised all over the
country. There is no such book in existence,
and no such man lives in New-York. There is
a pretended Weisselhoff in New-York in the per
son of a scoundrel by the name of John S. Hanson
who was arrested on the 22d ult., by the Police,
and held to bail in the sum of $1,000, to answer
for his fraud at Court. We hope he may be sent
to Blackwell's Island, to the Penitentiary and with
him, the New-York Sun impostors, who have aided
him in defrauding the public, by sending out his
Circulars and advertisements, folded in extra cop
ies" of that paper' It was through the influence
of that paper, that this thief and swindler, succeed
edjn getting us to advertise for him to the amount
of twenty dollars. We believe the proprietors of
the Sun received a consideration for the part they
acted in this large swindling operation, and as
such are meanthan he is. Jonesborough Tenn.)
Whig.
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Clairvorauce.
The Harrisburg Telegraph says, the following
bit of Clairvoyance which, happened one day last
week is not only novel but extraordinary. Mr9.
Loomis and her daughter who wrought this mira
cle, as we may well say, has delivered two Lec
tures in our borough which were well attended by
a highly respectable audience : A gentleman had,
some years ago, sent some important papers to a
gentleman lately holding a high position in the
State Government, and on calling for them, failed
to get any satisfaction. Resource was had to Mrs.
Loomis, after long searching, and she consented
to try the experiment the owner of the papers of
fering a reward if they were found. The gentle
man to whom they had been sent was brought, and
Miss Martha was placed in a clairvoyant state.
She immediately told him where the papers were,
in a box in his room. The parlies proceeded to
the place designated and found the papers as Miss
Martha, had stated. Mrs. L. and her daughter are
strangers here and had never seen tlie gentleman
in whose house the papers were, nor had any one
told them where he lived. This is certainly a
very extraordinary case.
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Surgical Operation.
0ne of the most extraordinary surgical opera
tions ever performed in this State, took place on
Monday last, at the Alms House in this county.
A colored woman named' Minte, about forty years
of age, had her-feet so badly frosted that they mor
tified at the ankle, and amputation was necessary.
Ether was administered by Mr. J. Gallagher, den
tist, of this city, and the operation was performed
before all the physicians of this city. Both legs
were taken off about four inches below the knee,
and, strange to relate, while undergoing the dread
ful operation, through the influence of the ether,
she showed no signs of feeling or pain, but ap
peared as if she was in a sweet sleep. She was
removed to her bed after the operation, and,
strange to relate, was totally unconscious that her
legs were taken off, until she was told of it. When
told that her legs were amputated, she appeared
incredulous, saying " if the gentlemen say my
legs are off, of course 1 must believe them." The
only sign she gave of feeling, was a slight grunt,
while they were sawing through the bone of the
first leg. During the whole of the rest of the op
eration, she breathed as freely and slept as sound
ly as she vvould.qtasummer's morning. Blue
Hen's Chicfcrif1 '
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Bleeding Improper.
N. Y. Journal of Medicine, the organ of
regular Faculty, thus argumentatively and
Lgummarjiy disposes of the practice of taking blood
11 An acute observer of disease and remedy
would perceive that an inflammation consisted in
some disturbance of the circulation, and health
consisted in the restoration of the circulation to
its original condition, the secret of remedy would
be found in the couse of the circulation. The
blood is not the cause of its circulation ; for the
self-same quantity of blood may be in the vessels
when it does not circulate at all as when it does
most healthily, as daily instanced in concussions,
epilepsy, &c. The taking away blood does noth
ing directly but alter the quantity.
Indirectly by taking away the fluid which con
tains the life, we diminish the life itself, and the
means of obtaining life the respiration Bleed
ing, therefore, diminishes the quantity of life.
Can a. man have too much of life 1 It matters not
that from the days of Hippocrates down to now,
bleeding has been adopted. It matters not that it
relieves the tension, and of necessity, the pain of
an inflamed part ; it does not act upon the part
deceased, producing any change in its condition
How, therefore, can we designate it as a remedy?
The Children of Consumptive fill
rents.
Quinsy ,.sore throat, croup, inflammafi on the
lungs, and liabilityto&IHsTtlprrng from a con
sumptive predisposition, and can be cured by what
ever prevents it. Besides the applying to such
children preventatives already prescribed ior con
sumptive adults, let them not be sent to school too
early, but allowed to run wild at least uncon
fined within doors till into their teens. Sitting
in school is especially pernicious, partly because
of the vitiated air of school rooms, and because
their small lungs, make them naturally bend for
ward, and also warp inwardly, so as to retard all
the vital functions. Folding the arms upon the
chest is especially detrimental, because it impedes
respiration. Fold them behind, if at all, so as to
throw out the lungs. As the heads of all such
children are too much for their bodies, neglect
thejr mental culture, but make every effort to de
velope and fortify their physiology. They should
do little else than exercise, eat, sleep and grow,
till twenty, and even then not hurry to marry, or
engage in business, till fully matuied, though such
are liable to do both while too young. They bor
der on precocity, and require to be kept from study
instead of sent to school. The more noisy their
occupations the better for their health, and the
more averse to study the less liable to consump
tion. Let them live mainly on bread-milk, and
fruit, and retire and rise early. Meat will injure
them, because it still farther stimulates themthe
reverse of what they require whereas milk soothes
and quiets them. Especially important is it that
such bathe.
The little saie facmry below the Dolaware
Water Gan turns out annually 20.000' arhnnl
I W..WW.
lairs.
besides large quantities of roofing slates.
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To Ascertain , the Weight of Cati
This is of the most utility for ail those who
not AXneriRnrPrl mrlrroct Kv lia -ovj rnA U.. .1
lowing directions the weight can be easily asc
tained within a mom triflo ToU n r
. . . w -""- 3"pmr.
luuuu mo wicaoi, stauunig square, just OGhind tk
shoulder blade ; measure on a foot rule the
feet
and inches the animal is in circumference
if,,.
is uaucu mc men wnii me siring meastjf
from the bone of the tail which plumbs the Ij
with the hinder part of the buttock ; direct the Hna
along the back to the foremost part of the 3
der blade; take the dimensions on the foot rule 3J
before, which is the length, and work the fir,
in the following manner : girth of the bullock r
II I t. :U. .t :.l -t.- . - '"I
leet, 4 incnes ; lengtn, 5 Jeet, if inches ; whic
multiplied together, makes 34 square superfici
feet ; that again multiplied by 23 (the number tf
pounds allowed to each superficial foot of all ca
tie measuring less than seven and more thrn c
feet in girth,) makqs 713 lbs. and allowing J
pounds to tne stone, is ou stone, id lbs. Wh.
the animal measures less than nine and moreth
seven feet in girth, 31 is the number of pounds t
each superficial foot. Again, suppose a pj, C
any small beast should 'measure two feet in
and two feet along the back ; which multiplied
gether, makes four square feet; that multiply
eleven, the number of pounds allowed for C4
square foot of cattle measuring less than three jj
girth, makes 44 lbs. which divided by 14 to bn
it to stones, is three" stones two pounds. A
suppose a calf, sheep, &c, should measure fb-.
feet six inches in girth, and nine inches in length,
which multiplied together makes sixteen ani
half square feet; that multiplied by sixteen, t!;5
number of pounds allowed to all cattle measun ,
less than five feet, and more than three i, 0'
makes 26 pounds ; which divided by fourteen, J
bring it into stones, is eighteen stone twe
pounds. The dimensions of the girth and ler,
of black cattle, sheep, calves, or hogs, be as ej
act taken this way, as is at all necessary for a.i
computation or valuation of stock, aud will aJ
swer exactly to the four quarters, sink the cJt,
and which every man who can get a bit of efonj
may easily perform. A deduction must be mW
for a half fatted beast, of one stone in twenty, few
that of a fat one; and for a cow that has had cahej,
one stone must be allowed, and another for iu
being properly fat. Cattle Keepers Guide.
IuTec&Ienberg Declaration.
We published,, a short time since, a letter o
Mr. Bancroft, our Minister in London, on ihsl
subject of the Mecklenberg Declaration f in
dependence. The letter was universally un
derstood aud described, by the papers in
Carolina and elsewhereraa referring toiliectii
ebrated Mecklenberg Declaration of (he 2(h
of May, 1775, and as establishing beyond queJ
lion the authenticity of that paper.
In copying Mr. BencrofiTs letter we pubHsbsil
si thesarae lime the Mecklenberg Declaraiiosj
and gave a sbof 1 history of if
Wo now learn with burprise, ftom the Fajj
etteville (N. C ) Observer, that the leTter olMj
Bancroft had no reference to the 'Declarann 1
but to a series of twenty resolutions auWe
by "the Committee of the Cun'y" of iMecklw
berg,' on the 31st of May, 1775 eleven dip
after, the date of the Declaration.
Tjhese resolutions are Tery decisive, at.
show that the spirit of independence hadtakt
fulhpossessiou of the people of Mecklenber;
butthey say nothing oi a previous ''Declaraiici
ofIndependance,TT nor do they embody phra
vWhich are found in the Declaration of Mr. Jefl
ffrson, and which also were used in the Mecij
fenbers Declaration : so that the authenticn
M the Tatter document rests upon the evidecci
published about the time the "Declaration"
disseminated. This evidence has always J?l
peared to us to be all but conclsive and woij
have been regarded as conclusive but for i
'.a
doubts expressed by Mr. Jefferson, and j
long time u remained undiscovered.
Belridere Delaware Railroad.
The Trenton Gazette March 1st says 1
joint resolution to relieve the Belvidere D!J
ware Railroad Company from the oblige
to finish their road to Belvidere, within !
years, was passed by the Senate yesierfi;
morning, without opposition, and now awij
the Governor s signature.
We cannot but congratulate the people
Trenton and of tho up-river districts, upon J
passage of so beneficient a measure. We bM
been informed that if this resolution should 1
passed and appoved, the work of construed
ihe road would be immediately commence!
and that probably within the next season
rails would be laid and the road be in runnel
order as far as Lambertvillo. The consirtl
tion of the road beyond Lambertrile, will
be prosecuted as far and as fast as tho cotf
ny funds will allow.
The completion of this road and of the r
road irotn Lambertsville to Flemin'on,
, . . f 1
worn a great change in the condition oltfi'M
river districts, and do much to developed I
sources, increase the wealth, and premute
comfort and pleasure of the neonle living
Ip3 The joint resolution has becQmeaH
and ihe work will be prosecuted. wUhdued1
paten.
Keep Doing U then.
One dollar, says an exchanee. Dronerly n0,1
about, may pass through twenty hands andJ
twenty debts m.a single day. Let the m
capital begin and pay off promptly his laboi
then his laborers will have the means of
the tame. The rich should, no.t wsi fof
k;. k..; Pnv ic'i
promptly and. enable them tq pay others.
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